Isaiah 37:35

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“‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’””

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BSBPD

“‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And I have covered over this city, To save it, for Mine own sake, And for the sake of David My servant.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 37:35 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 32:27if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”
  2. 1 Kings 11:12Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
  3. 1 Kings 11:36I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.
  4. 1 Kings 15:4Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and to make Jerusalem strong.
  5. 2 Kings 20:6I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
  6. 1 Chronicles 17:19O LORD. For the sake of Your servant and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed all Your greatness.
  7. Isaiah 31:5Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.”
  8. Isaiah 38:6And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.
  9. Isaiah 43:25I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
  10. Isaiah 48:9For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.
  11. Isaiah 48:11For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.
  12. Jeremiah 23:5Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
  13. Jeremiah 30:9Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
  14. Jeremiah 33:15In those days and at that time I will cause to sprout for David a righteous Branch, and He will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
  15. Ezekiel 20:9But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
  16. Ezekiel 36:22Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations to which you went.
  17. Ezekiel 37:24My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.
  18. Ephesians 1:6to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
  19. Ephesians 1:14who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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